Spray tank



SPRAY TANK E. M. STEPHENSON Filed Sept. 29 1922 Sb" II||II HM" j 1 5. 1:? W a Patented Jan. 1, 1924.

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SPRAY TANK.

Application died September 29, 1922. Serial No. 591,255.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD M. STEPHEN- SON a citizen of the United States, residing at I Iartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Spra Tanks; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing and the characters of reference 10 marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawing constitutes part of this application. This invention relates to an improvement ins ray tanks. In 'coatingsmall articles,such 16 as uttons, buckles, clasps, etc, with an enamel or other similar material, the articles are arranged in trays, and the coating is applied by means of a spray gun, but a comparatively large proportion of the coating so material does not fall on the articles to be coated, and hence is wasted. Theobject of this invention is to provide a tank to con tain the coating material and over which the articles to be coated are placed, so that so the coatin material which does not adhere to the articles may fall back into the tank, and the invention consists in the construction as hereinafter described and particularly recited in the claim.

80 A perspective view of a spray tank constructed 1n accordance with my invention is flown in the drawing.

carrym a tank 5 of any suitable size and diment sions. In the bottom of the tank is an outlet 6 connected by a tube 7 with a spray gun out my invention, I employ 8 of any approved construction. Over the outlet 6 is fplaced a cup-like strainer 9. In one side 0 the tank, near the upper edge,

is an opening 10 to an exhaust pipe 11 through which fumes from the tank may be drawn. Preferably, a door 12 will be provided to close the opening 10. The buttons 13, or other articles to be coated, are placed upon trays 1t, and these trays are placed upon a rack 15 adapted to rest upon the upper edge of the tank, which is partly filled with the coating material. The articles to be coated are sprayed in the usual way and all surplus coating material will fall back into the tank, and consequently is saved. The strainer prevents any foreign matter from escaping into the spray gun.

I thus provide, in a very simple way, means for coating small articles by spraying but avoiding the waste of coating materia I claim: The combination with an open spray tank provided in its bottom with an outlet, a

strainer'over said outlet, a tube connected with the lower end of said outlet, a spra gun connected with said tube, and a rack su ported upon the upper edge of said tank.

11 testimony whereof, I have signed this as specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

E. M. STEPHENS-ON.

Witnesses:

Manoomr Srarnnnsox, Fnnnwo 0. Emma. 

